Both teams practiced in Beijing on Friday. The Bucks held a 90-minute practice at the Olympic basketball venue before conducting a Special Olympics clinic with about 50 Chinese youngsters ages 10-19. Bucks assistant coach Joe Wolf and members of the NBA staff directed the clinic.

"It's not easy at all," Bucks forward Charlie Villanueva said of adjusting to all the travel and the time difference (13 hours between China and Milwaukee). "We had an 8 p.m. game in Guangzhou, and it was like 7 in the morning back home. Mentally, you can't give in to it.

"I like the way we played; we stayed mentally tough."

When the Bucks do get home around 5 p.m. Saturday, they will crash for a day or so before resuming practice. The team has two more exhibition games next week - at Minnesota on Thursday and at Chicago on Friday. Then it's back to Chicago for the regular-season opener against the Bulls on Oct. 28.

For more about the Bucks' trip to China and a few of their travel travails, see the story in Saturday's newspaper edition of the Journal Sentinel. Check online early Saturday for an update on the Bucks-Warriors game.